ㄅㄚ ˇ

bǎ

grasp

把 is a 7 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as bǎ in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as bà.

It is made up of the components 扌 (hand) and 巴 (ba).

  • 把
    ㄅㄚ ˇ

    bǎ

    grasp

    • 扌
      ㄕㄡ ˙

      shou

      hand

    • 巴
      ㄅㄚ

      bā

      ba

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I use my hand to grasp my pencil
by Dmoney

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I use my hand to grasp the ice cube
by King-Aragorn

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Zack <grasp>s his BAba Mike's HAND.
by vms5q

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 把

bǎ
bà

Definitions for 把 pronounced as bǎ

  • to hold
  • to contain
  • to grasp
  • to take hold of
  • handle
  • particle marking the following noun as a direct object
  • classifier for objects with handle
  • classifier for small objects: handful

Definitions for 把 pronounced as bà

  • handle

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